> Sarbajit,
>
> Interesting. I am packing up and also somebody has suggested that I am
> jamming the channel here, so I wont say more now, except to thank you for
> your illuminating and throughtful posts. Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
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> Of Sarbajit Roy
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 11:38 AM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] faith
>
> In the context of religious faith.
>
> doubt * belief = 1
>
> If doubt = 0 then belief = 1/0 = singularity = God If certainty = 0 then
> doubt = 1/0 = noGod
>
> In most Eastern religions people are somewhere in between and see no harm in
> (occasionally) worshiping things they don't always believe in (sort of like
> insurance).
>
> So yes, belief and doubt are normally present in varying degrees for the
> same proposition in the vast majority of believers / doubters.
>
> Sarbajit
>
> On 9/26/12, Nicholas Thompson <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>> If it is true that,
>>
>> "Russ believes that his old and broken down motorcycle "can" take him
>> from A to B, but he doesn't have faith that it "will""
>>
>> Can it also be true that Russ doubt whether his ... motorcycle can take
> him
>> from A to B? Is it the case that, on your understanding, doubt and
> belief
>> can exist in a person at the same time with respect to the same
>> proposition?
>>
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:
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>> Behalf Of Sarbajit Roy
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 9:37 PM
>> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] faith
>>
>> It would take the inverse form
>>
>> Faith is absolute acceptance whereas Belief is limited/conditional
>> acceptance.
>>
>> So Russ may have belief in X without having faith in it.
>>
>> eg.
>> "Russ believes that his old and broken down motorcycle "can" take him
>> from A to B, but he doesn't have faith that it "will""
>>
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